Impact of educational print materials on knowledge, attitudes, and interest in BRCA1/BRCA2: Testing among Ashkenazi Jewish women

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 932-940

  Schwartz, Marc D ^a,d   Benkendorf, Judith ^a   Lerman, Caryn ^a   Isaacs, Claudine ^a   Ryan Robertson, Anna ^b   Johnson, Lenora ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast carcinoma; Genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JEWS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAMPHLETS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035880684     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010815)92:4<932::AID-CNCR1403>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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